Hidden files

[djrikki]

Hi,

It is possible to currently hide .info files in both Icon and by Name modes.

Would it possible to an option somewhere to hide files that begin with '._' ?

Its very annoying to see these MacOS generated files on USB devices etc... that seemingly serve no purpose.

[tonyw]

Why stop there? Why not offer options to hide all Linux files that begin with ".", all Windows files with the "System" attribute, etc, etc?

We don't have to cater to the idiosyncrasies of other OSes any more than they cater to ours. Not only is it an open-ended situation, it's a waste of development money.

[Phantom]

If those are MacOS generated files, then why I keep staring at them whilst I don't have MacOS at all?

[djrikki]

@tonyw

Indeed that would be an even better solution. Hide all files beginning with a period, hiding files with a 'System attribute' is a definite example of wasted development money though - those files wouldn't end up USB sticks.

[ZeroG]

@tonyw
Maybe it is possible to add general pattern matching to wb windows, like it is the case for asl requesters.
This could be used to "hide" anything the user wants, and is very usefull to find files in large directories.
For example we could simply set a #?.mp3 pattern if we search music.

[xenic]

Hi,

It is possible to currently hide .info files in both Icon and by Name modes.

Would it possible to an option somewhere to hide files that begin with '._' ?

Its very annoying to see these MacOS generated files on USB devices etc... that seemingly serve no purpose.

I doubt if many Amiga programmers care how their files look on other systems. What if an Amiga program names it's files as: ._config, ._readme, ._readmenow, ._data, ._mp3_module, ._oog_module etc. They could add a wilcard filter to windows as ZeroG has suggested but every time you can't find a file you will need to deactivate the filter to be sure the missing file isn't just hidden.

[chris]

@tonyw
Maybe it is possible to add general pattern matching to wb windows, like it is the case for asl requesters.
This could be used to "hide" anything the user wants, and is very usefull to find files in large directories.
For example we could simply set a #?.mp3 pattern if we search music.

That would actually be a useful thing to have in all WB windows - saves doing a full "find" if you know you are looking for #?.ttf file in a huge directory full of different sorts of fonts (or whatever). I don't think have a default filter, even on a drawer-by-drawer basis (ie. saved in the drawer's .info) is a very good idea though. The amount of times I've had to help people with Outlook who "aren't receiving emails" due to a filter they'd set, is higher than you'd think! (mind you Outlook doesn't make it obvious that there is a filter active - if there is a very very obvious indication that there is a filter set on a drawer then I see no harm in including an option to set a default filter)

[nbache]

@tonyw

Indeed that would be an even better solution. Hide all files beginning with a period,

Caution when responding to irony with more irony; if you keep it going for too long, an unsuspecting reader might think you were actually serious.

Best regards,

Niels